python file can now be found in [https://projects.openmoko.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/?root=ledclock svn]

python file can now be found in [https://projects.openmoko.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/?root=ledclock svn]

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== build an opkg file out of the latest source ==

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== Build an opkg file out of the latest source ==

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if you want to build the opkg yourself see "doc/notes" in svn

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if you want to build the opkg yourself see "doc/notes" in svn.

== Usage ==

== Usage ==

Revision as of 22:45, 1 January 2009

When an Openmoko is sitting unused at night, turn it into an alarm clock with large 7-segment digits on a black background in landscape mode.

This differs from the regular clock in that it's intended to be readable from a distance or with unfocused eyes, similar to commercial LED alarm clocks.

Since it's not limited to a single-colour display, it can do a few neat things like changing colour to signify the hour before an alarm, or hue changing through night, or gradually brightening the whole display to simulate a dawn and provide gradual wake-up.

This provides an alternative to having the OM sitting in normal desktop mode while in a bedroom at night (which is too much unwanted illumination for no purpose), and an alternative to putting it into sleep mode (make it do something useful, make it easier to find)

Touch top of screen to increase brightness, bottom of screen to decrease

Options

Touch any option to toggle it

Use 'rotate' option to go into landscape/portrait mode (this is done internally, not using the window manager).

Quit page

Touch this page to exit the program

Just calls sys.exit at the moment, can someone get it to close the window nicely?

To turn-off Openmoko's display blanking, add disable=1 to the [odeviced.idlenotifier] section of /etc/frameworkd.conf (in SHR). The device will need to be attached to a charger while acting as a clock, because it keeps the screen powered.

You may need to set screen brightness to minimum in Openmoko's settings, to prevent the 'black' regions of screen from being too bright.

Development

Hack away on whatever you want; let Ojw know if you need permissions to release files.

Due to some subversion problems, I'm currently uploading each version of the source-code as a 'release' rather than using version-control.

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When an Openmoko is sitting unused at night, turn it into an alarm clock with large 7-segment digits on a black background in landscape mode.

This differs from the regular clock in that it's intended to be readable from a distance or with unfocused eyes, similar to commercial LED alarm clocks.

Since it's not limited to a single-colour display, it can do a few neat things like changing colour to signify the hour before an alarm, or hue changing through night, or gradually brightening the whole display to simulate a dawn and provide gradual wake-up.

This provides an alternative to having the OM sitting in normal desktop mode while in a bedroom at night (which is too much unwanted illumination for no purpose), and an alternative to putting it into sleep mode (make it do something useful, make it easier to find)

Touch top of screen to increase brightness, bottom of screen to decrease

Options

Touch any option to toggle it

Use 'rotate' option to go into landscape/portrait mode (this is done internally, not using the window manager).

Quit page

Touch this page to exit the program

Just calls sys.exit at the moment, can someone get it to close the window nicely?

To turn-off Openmoko's display blanking, add disable=1 to the [odeviced.idlenotifier] section of /etc/frameworkd.conf (in SHR). The device will need to be attached to a charger while acting as a clock, because it keeps the screen powered.

You may need to set screen brightness to minimum in Openmoko's settings, to prevent the 'black' regions of screen from being too bright.

Development

Hack away on whatever you want; let Ojw know if you need permissions to release files.

Due to some subversion problems, I'm currently uploading each version of the source-code as a 'release' rather than using version-control.